Missing Songs

[SteeMonkey]

I pay for Spotify Premium in the UK and I have just had to purchase 3 albums from another source in order to hear them in full.

The Ruins of Beverast albums on Spotify are incomplete and I do not understand why. Up to four 15 minute long songs are missing from each album, unavailable in my region.

How can only half an album be available?

[Bittencourt]

Hi @SteeMonkey, thanks for writing!

Sometimes especific songs in an album have multiple songwriters/collaborators, and all of them are the owners of the copyrights.  

Missing or unavailable music is almost always a decision by the artist/label to withhold the content from Spotify. Sometimes it's temporarily unavailable while they sort out legal issues or correct metadata, in which case it'll be back up as soon as they resubmit it to Spotify. While it might be a good idea to contact the label directly and ask why the music isn't on Spotify, you can also use Twitter and Facebook to ask the artists themselves.

You might also be interested in supporting this idea, which suggests a simpler method for requesting albums missing from Spotify.

Let me know if you have any other questions!